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Dem congressional candidate arrested after allegedly terrorizing Ohio couple, ‘stalking’ them for 70 miles

March 31, 2022 | | Print Article

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A Democratic Rhode Island congressional candidate named Michael Neary, 28, was arrested after allegedly stalking and terrorizing an Ohio couple for seventy miles while they were driving, forcing them to call the police to report that they were being aggressively followed.

The incident occurred on March 22, according to the Dayton Daily News, as the couple was driving home after visiting their son in Florida. The wife, Candy Poland, was reportedly so frightened she couldn’t even talk to the police.

“It should be noted, Candy was petrified,” the police report read, according to the Boston Globe, “stating Harold would need to explain what happened because she could not talk.”

The husband described the silver Hyundai to the police and said it was closely following them, flashing lights at them, and refused to stop even when they pulled off the road to let him pass.

The Polands attempted to take two different exits in an effort to shake the river but had no luck. He kept following them no matter what they did.

When Harold Poland attempted to drive off, Neary followed again, allegedly pulling alongside him at high speed, facing oncoming traffic. Poland reportedly rolled down his window to yell at him but Neary had the music turned up so loud he couldn’t hear him.

It was 2:34 am when the Polands called the police. They were instructed to drive to a police station and Neary followed them to it.

“They called as they were entering our county seat, Troy, Ohio, and advised that they’d been followed since the Columbus Airport, which is about 60 miles away from us,” Lt. Chris Bobb said. “Apparently, they had exited a couple of times, and slowed down and sped up, and this vehicle continued to follow them.”

He then continued to drive without stopping even though he was being followed by a police car with its lights and siren on. He finally stopped in the town of Troy, Ohio, after two other officers showed up to assist, according to the police report. Police found damning items in his car including marijuana, a ceramic pipe, and a half-empty bottle of whiskey. He failed a number of sobriety tests as well.

Neary “gave us a Columbus address that he was living at, and did mention to the deputies that he was running for some sort of political office in Rhode Island,” Bobb stated.

Officers said Neary “appeared to be nervous, his eyes were bloodshot and he was talking fast.”

Neary claimed to have gotten into a fight with his parents and went for a drive to clear his head. He was then strangely drawn to the license plate of the unsuspecting couple and proceeded to follow them.

He was charged with menacing by stalking and possession of marijuana.

Neary pleaded not guilty and was released on bail of $3,000. His pretrial conference will convene on April 21.

The young Democrat just kicked off his campaign for his congressional seat. Neary claimed to have lived in Rhode Island all his life at a press conference but actually is a resident of Ohio.

The Providence Journal reported that he previously worked as an aide to former Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s Super PAC during the 2016 presidential campaign and claims he was in the process of moving back to Rhode Island.

It is unclear if he will now drop out of the race but that may be a moot point at this juncture.

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22 thoughts on “Dem congressional candidate arrested after allegedly terrorizing Ohio couple, ‘stalking’ them for 70 miles”

  1. I was driving through Albuquerque with a personalized license plate and this man was following us and pulled up beside us I thought he was asking for directions to someplace and I told him I didn’t know we weren’t from there. He said you don’t know what your license plate stands for?! He said he was wondering because his wife had multiple sclerosis MS and he had tourette syndrome TS. I told my husband I’m lucky I didn’t get cussed out, huh? It stands for my name Misty.

  5. This is your democrat party America. This is what they do and stand for, abuse, bullying, intimidation, and coercion. The democrat party is degenerated into a cesspool of hate and intolerance.

  7. Typical Dem. What did you expect? Mother Teresa? He looks like what I imagine Ray Stevens sang about when he asked ,” What ya wear Ethel?”

  9. Now that Neary has established his dem cred, it`s only up to the judge to throw out the case, inorder to show HIS dem cred, too!

  12. I don’t know. Based on Democrat choices, this fellow seems like Presidential Timber to me.

  13. Obviously he didn’t READ THE SIGNS!! There are SIGNS along I-75 “DRUG IMPAIRED DRIVERS CALL 800-123-4567! I’m not sure what the number is – I’m usually going around 75 and can’t read that fast! I’ve had an idiot follow me like that – was blowing his horn – flashing lights – and HE followed me to a POLICE STATION! Then he told the Police that I wouldn’t move over to let him pass. I asked him if he saw the OTHER CAR IN THE OTHER LANE BESIDE ME! HE SAID “YES” but you could have moved! The Police asked if I wanted to press charges, but he was the IDIOT BROTHER of a woman who used to work for me and had also had her other Brother murdered in a liquor store holdup so I told them NO – just keep the IDIOT here and let us get home! I was hoping he’d act the fool at the Police Station and THEN get arrested!

    1. Is this degenerate jerk a “minority”? Why else would ol’ Kameltoe have any interest in getting him out on bail? Just sayin’ is all……

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